Design Your Own Desktop with KDE 4 | Linux Today

Design Your Own Desktop with KDE 4

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 23, 2008

“One of the best things about KDE 4, the newest release of the
mainstream Linux desktop manager, is something it doesn’t do–force
you to adapt to its way of running a computer desktop. Sure, the
desktop environment boasts new 3-D effects, a polished theme, and
improved functionality. But what KDE 4 does best is give users the
ability to almost completely re-design their desktops, putting
their programs, icons, and useful widgets wherever they see fit, on
as many desktops as they want, to create their ideal workspace. I
spent some time exploring the features of the less-than-week-old
system…

“If you wanted to see how KDE 4 looks right now without
committing yourself to a new install, you can burn a live CD from
the Kubuntu or openSUSE distributions, both of which plan to
implement KDE 4 in their next releases…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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